Category: Sanctification

In the past I’ve written about resolutions, but today I want to write in appreciation for the past.

Just this morning I closed the Streams in the Desert Devotional Bible I was reading for the last time this year with a sense of accomplishment. But I remember how so often in the past it was difficult to be faithful in Bible reading. The Lord himself has worked a change in me through laying it on my heart to ask him to give me greater love for his Word. The change he has worked in my heart amazes and humbles me as I look back, and this sense of accomplishment is tempered by the fact that every good thing is from above and due to his mercy on me.

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Sitting here on the porch with the ceiling fan whirring, the birds chirping, and the intermittent sounds of sawing and nailing; I am reflecting on the past couple of months of renovation here at our home. It has been a long process of decision making, budgeting, working, and upheaval. We are just working on our kitchen/entry and feel overwhelmed, I don’t know how people build or remodel a whole house. Continue reading “Renovation”